Written by Kate Tietje Before focusing on eating real food, we loved going to Wendy’s and getting spicy chicken sandwiches. …

Written by Kate Tietje I love scalloped potatoes.  I grew up eating them from a box, and they were “okay.” …

Psst…head over to Keeper of the Home to read an interview I did about Real Food Basics! This is a …

  Today’s post is super awesome.  I’ve asked my farmer (yes, “my” farmer!), Gary Luginbill, to share a bit with …

Image Credit If you’ve been around for awhile, you know that I sprout my grains.  Doing so increases their nutritional …

Written by Kate Tietje What says “fall” better than pumpkin bread?  Okay, maybe pumpkin spice or apple cinnamon, but that’s …

When you’re pregnant, everything is different.  And if it’s your first time, everything is new.  This means you may have …

Chocolate.

Is it good or bad?  There’s quite a debate out there about this right now.  Some are saying chocolate is good, because is contains so many antioxidants and flavonols and other “beneficial” chemicals.  Others say it’s bad, because of its caffeine content and some of the chemicals it contains….  So, clearly, there’s disagreement here! 

About six weeks ago, we went to a restaurant to celebrate my father’s birthday.  They had “shrimp and crab au gratin” on the menu, and I had to try it.  It was so good!  I decided that I would need to make it at home.  I looked up various recipes and none looked quite right, so I set out on my own.  I omitted the crab, even though I love it, because it is very expensive! This is what I came up with.

This post is particularly important to me, because in my first pregnancy, I chose a doctor the same way I chose every doctor at that point: I looked through providers on my insurance website and picked one that seemed nice. (i.e. had a name I could pronounce, was close to home, was a DO instead of MD….) Up until this point I’d always ended up with pretty nice doctors, so I felt comfortable choosing an OB this way too. Too bad that it didn’t go well.
But what I learned from this experience is that you can and should change your provider if you feel that the first person you’ve met with does not mesh with what you want. You have hired this person! You are not stuck! You have the right to work with someone with whom you are comfortable. I alluded to this in my post on Choosing a Provider, but now it’s time to discuss it a little more.